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The Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) is an interdisciplinary research unit based at the University of Oxford, dedicated to understanding the complex and interwoven causes of obesity in populations across the world. This seminar series is hosted by the Institute of Social and Cultur…

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    Fatness and the body 5/5: When the measure becomes the metric - making sense of the body mass index in research and practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 44:11


    How body size is used in research and discourse on health, bringing together theory from anthropology, sociology, public health and more. With llya Gutin, University of Texas at Austin

    Fatness and the body 4/5: Fifteen (plus!) ways estrogens influence adipose tissues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 39:01


    Exploring the phenomenal range of roles estrogens play with respect to our metabolism – a range that is only just beginning to be understood. With Deborah Clegg, Texas Tech University

    Fatness and the body 3/5: Why is there a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity in rural areas? A qualitative study of rural children's perspectives of rural foodways

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 32:25


    Exploring children's views on their diets in relation to culture, identity and tradition in their everyday lives. With Ellen Margrete Iveland Ersfjord, University of Agder, Norway

    Fatness and the body 2/5: Being fat or having obesity - combining social constructivism and biomedical research on childhood obesity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 48:16


    Where or what is the difference between childhood obesity and fatness, who has the right to decide that, and why is it important? With Zofia Boni, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan

    Fatness and the body 2/5: Being fat or having obesity - combining social constructivism and biomedical research on childhood obesity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 39:05


    Where or what is the difference between childhood obesity and fatness, who has the right to decide that, and why is it important? With Zofia Boni, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan

    Fatness and the body 1/5: Childhood adversity and adiposity - examining differences by sociocultural context

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 39:05


    Looking at the complex relationships between adversity in childhood and obesity in adulthood, with Shakira Suglia, Emory University

    Fatness and the body 1/5: Childhood adversity and adiposity - examining differences by sociocultural context

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 48:16


    Looking at the complex relationships between adversity in childhood and obesity in adulthood, with Shakira Suglia, Emory University

    Emotions in international food law

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 28:01


    Anne Saab, associate professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute looks at how feelings such as fear and anxiety might influence food safety regulations.

    Sugarcoated: Sugar tax and media discourses on the context of policymaking

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 5:23


    Dr Esther Gonzalez-Padilla asks what is sugar? Why should we study it? And how much sugar should we be eating?

    Sweetness as an aesthetic relationship

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 31:03


    Dr Maddalena Borsato, senior researcher at Ritsumeikan University examines the ambiguities and of the contradictions of sweetness.

    Outwitting the temporalities of ‘control' for Type 2 diabetes in urban India

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 35:45


    Pallavi Laxmikanth speaks about her PhD research examining understandings and practises of diabetes management in middle class communities in Hyderabad's High-Tech City.

    From grassroots to platforms. The reconfiguration of alternative food provisioning in an online world

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 48:18


    Dr Francesca Forno, Associate professor at the University of Trento discusses how new, grassroots food movements are using online platforms and how their online platforms are being appropriated by bigger businesses. These episodes of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) podcast were recorded at seminars in 2022, convened by Stanley Ulijaszek and Tanja Schneider. The focus is on how the digital and online world is influencing how and what people eat. Our sincere thanks go to the speakers who contributed.

    Curating good choice, digital marketplace platforms and the framing of eating

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 46:46


    Dr Jeremy Brice explores how consumer choice is governed, protected, and cared for by firms which operate digital marketplace platforms from the likes of Deliveroo to Amazon Fresh. These episodes of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) podcast were recorded at seminars in 2022, convened by Stanley Ulijaszek and Tanja Schneider. The focus is on how the digital and online world is influencing how and what people eat. Our sincere thanks go to the speakers who contributed.

    Excess as entertainment: Mukbang and the theatrics of eating for an online audience

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 37:22


    Dr Thao Dam explores how food is experienced digitally, through the Korean-originated practice of mukhbang, where people pay to watch others eat inline. These episodes of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) podcast were recorded at seminars in 2022, convened by Stanley Ulijaszek and Tanja Schneider. The focus is on how the digital and online world is influencing how and what people eat. Our sincere thanks go to the speakers who contributed.

    Personalised nutrition and dietary behaviour change in an online study across 7 European countries

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 38:35


    Dr Anna Macready, associate professor in the School of Agriculture Policy and Development at the University of Reading, takes us through personalised nutrition and asks, ‘is there a right or wrong diet?' These episodes of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) podcast were recorded at seminars in 2022, convened by Stanley Ulijaszek and Tanja Schneider. The focus is on how the digital and online world is influencing how and what people eat. Our sincere thanks go to the speakers who contributed.

    Excess as entertainment: Mukbang and the theatrics of eating for an online audience

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 37:22


    Dr Thao Dam explores how food is experienced digitally, through the Korean-originated practice of mukhbang, where people pay to watch others eat inline.

    From grassroots to platforms. The reconfiguration of alternative food provisioning in an online world

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 48:18


    Dr Francesca Forno, Associate professor at the University of Trento discusses how new, grassroots food movements are using online platforms and how their online platforms are being appropriated by bigger businesses.

    Curating good choice, digital marketplace platforms and the framing of eating

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 46:46


    Dr Jeremy Brice explores how consumer choice is governed, protected, and cared for by firms which operate digital marketplace platforms from the likes of Deliveroo to Amazon Fresh.

    Personalised nutrition and dietary behaviour change in an online study across 7 European countries

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 38:35


    Dr Anna Macready, associate professor in the School of Agriculture Policy and Development at the University of Reading, takes us through personalised nutrition and asks, ‘is there a right or wrong diet?'

    Lazy, crazy and disgusting: stigma and the undoing of global health

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 44:46


    This UBVO seminar was given by Alexandra Brewis (Arizona State University) on 3 December 2020

    Connection and conflict: hHw neoliberal healthism and inequity shape bariatric surgery support forum dynamics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 44:45


    This UBVO seminar was presented by Zoe Meleo-Erwin (William Paterson University of New Jersey) on 19 November 2020

    Voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in Kenya: Anthropology and ethics in the pursuit of public health

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 33:59


    This UBVO seminar was presented by Adam Gilbertson (University of North Carolina) on 12 November 2020

    Cultured meat as a case study in the future of food

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 34:48


    This UBVO seminar was presented by Ben Wurgaft (MIT) on 5 November 2020

    Feeling the ‘weight' of expectation: The necessity of understanding ‘obesity' as a biopsychosocial phenomenon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 44:04


    A UBVO seminar presented by Oli Williams (King's College London) on 29 October 2020

    The damaging impact of weight stigma: Psychosocial stress and harmful health consequences

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 34:55


    This UBVO seminar was given by Rebecca Puhl (University of Connecticut) on 22 October 2020

    The syndemic of COVID-19, obesity and food insecurity in the United States

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 36:01


    This UBVO seminar was given by William Dietz (George Washington University) on 15 October 2020

    Making Cultures Count: Following the Mayi Kuwayu National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 20:07


    A UBVO seminar presented by Sarah Bourke (National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University) on 24 January 2019

    Framing obesity as a problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 51:45


    Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, University of Oxford) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 27 February 2020

    Protein and meat as powerful symbols

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 56:13


    Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, University of Oxford) gave this presentation at the UBVO seminar on 21 February 2020

    Sustainability on stage: FoodTech and the spectacle of innovation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 42:56


    Tanja Schneider (University of St Gallen, Switzerland) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 12 March 2020

    Is obesity a choice?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 50:02


    Giles Yeo from the University of Cambridge gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 30 January 2020

    Height, weight and prostate cancer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 35:16


    Aurora Perez-Cornago (University of Oxford) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 23 January 2020

    Coffee, pure and simple: Rejection of milk and sugar by Brazilian specialty coffee consumers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 51:48


    Sabine Parrish (from the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar on 6 February 2020

    An eco-bio-socio-political approach to anaemia in Peru

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 38:31


    Doreen Montag (Queen Mary College London) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar on 13 February 2020

    Nutrient timing and human health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 41:07


    A UBVO Seminar given by James Betts (Professor of Metabolic Physiology, Department for Health, University of Bath) on 24 October 2019

    Can wearable sensors and machine learning enhance our understanding of lifestyle health behaviours?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 52:49


    A UBVO Seminar given by Aidan Doherty (Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford) on 17 October 2019

    How mapping frames obesity and chronic disease risk factors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 18:12


    Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) interviews Professor Danny Dorling (School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series, November 2019

    Changing ecologies of disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 47:34


    A lecture given by Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) on 16 October 2019

    Biocultural approaches to human physical activity in (increasingly smart) urban environments

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 106:10


    A presentation given by Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) at the Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, at Ravenna

    The social life of childhood obesity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 36:25


    A UBVO seminar presented by Zofia Boni (University of Poznan, Poland) on 2 March 2019

    Obesity: human developmental perspectives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 43:19


    The Keynote Lecture at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019, given by Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford)

    The UK government's childhood obesity plan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 28:03


    A presentation given by Mike Rayner (Professor of Population Health and Director of the Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Oxford) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019

    The evolution of adipose tissues and how natural obesity in wild mammals elucidates human obesity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 37:35


    A presentation given by Caroline Pond (Emeritus Professor, Open University) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019

    The metabolic consequences of obesity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 27:48


    A presentation given by Leanne Hodson (Professor of Metabolic Physiology, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Oxford) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019

    Using low-energy diets to treat obesity: from research to practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 22:41


    A presentation given by Nerys Astbury (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Oxford) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019

    What's in the fridge? The everyday materiality of health and well-being

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 34:12


    A UBVO seminar presented by Tess Bird (Wesleyan University) on 15 May 2019

    The Danish Health Interview Surveys

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 12:17


    An interview with Ola Ekholm (Senior Adviser, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series (20 December 2010)

    Materialities of eating disorders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 23:51


    A UBVO seminar presented by Dr Karin Eli (Research Affiliate, University of Oxford) on 30 April 2019

    Boys, bulk and body ideals: epidemiology of muscle-enhancing and disordered eating behaviours in US adolescents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 34:52


    A UBVO seminar presented by Jason M. Nagata (Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco) on 18 September 2019

    Nutrition and aging well: evidence from centenarians

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 18:44


    Claudio Franceschi (Professor of Immunology, University of Bologna) is interviewed by Stanley Ulijaszek (Oxford) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series (May 2019)

    Materialities of food education: practice, research and policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 45:33


    A UBVO seminar presented by Barney Haughton (Chef and Director of Square Food Foundation, Bristol) on 9 May 2019

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